OKAN showcases its fusion of Afro-Cuban roots, jazz, folk and global rhythms during two shows in the Vilar Performing Arts Center’s May Gallery Saturday. It’s all part of Live in the May Gallery, VPAC ...

Years ago, while them American cowboys sat around the campfires concocting wild Western tales of cheatin’ and deceivin’, them Cuban folk were rattlin’ out some of their own country music. Sure, theirs ...

As President Obama works to further loosen restrictions on the decades-old Cuban economic embargo, maybe Cuban music will become more mainstream in the United States. One thing’s for sure: Adonis ...

Do not come on Alt.Latino if you don't have good chisme! Ana and Felix talk about their favorite songs of the week, including some psychedelic cumbia, Cuban folk music and more. Audio for this episode ...

Cimafunk, a 35-year-old musician dubbed a "global ambassador" for Cuban music, has earned Grammy nominations three years in a row. Blending genres from Latin rock to Afro-Cuban funk, he creates his ...

Commercial Compact disc. Edited by UNESCO and Auvidis in collaboration with the International Council of Traditional Music for the International Music Council. Program notes by Victoria Eli Rodriguez ...

Cuban cultural authorities have declared the musical movement known as Nueva Trova, to be part of the nation’s cultural heritage. Silvio Rodriguez, one of the ...

The first Spokane Fall Folk Festival guaranteed two things: the event would feature food and electricity. There would be music and dancing and a collection of other artistic elements, too, but they ...

Celebrated Cuban trumpet player Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal of the music collective Buena Vista Social Club, died in Havana on Monday, the Cuban Music Institute said. He was 91. Mirabal "is considered ...

One of South Florida's longest-running music festivals is coming back to Islamorada April 4 through 6, bringing a full weekend's worth of world music to the Florida Keys Brewing Company (81611 Old Hwy ...

Do not come on Alt.Latino if you don't have good chisme! Ana and Felix talk about their favorite songs of the week, including some psychedelic cumbia, Cuban folk music and more. Audio for this episode ...